Maria big show this morning, joining the conversation fox business Dagen Mcdowell, benchmark capital kevin kelly and forbes media chairman steve forbes is here. Good to be with you. Maria a lot happening on the china front, futures indicating a lower decline, lawer move at the start of trading, dow industrials down 91 points, s p declining 8 points and the nasdaq lower by 16 as tensions between u. S. And china ramp up. Here is the latest, washington added 28 companies to an export blacklist over their role in that countrys crackdown on the Muslim Minority group, beijing warning of retaliation to stay tune, highlevel trade talks to begin on thursday, the president weighing on a potential for a smaller agreement yesterday watch. I would much prefer a big deal, i think thats what we are shooting for, maybe, who knows, probably unlikely. So i would say you heard the story here first, 1 Million People in china who have muslim religion, they have been rounded up now for months, a lot of peop
Green, but seeing significant weakness in Consumer Discretionary today. Mcdonalds reporting relatively weak earnings compared to what the street was expecting. That is weighing on the indexes a little bit. We also got bad numbers out of ups. That is also weighing on the s p 500. Treasuries come of the dollar, gold all seeing bids come back into those. On that treasury yield, right now the bondholder undeterred after we had that selloff. They are back in the market today, looking around to buy. Hat dip seeing a little bit of strength in the dollar tethered to what is going on overseas with the pound, also with the yen. A lot of notes out on the future of gold, what is. Going to drive it higher weve been hovering in the what is. Going to drive it higher weve been huff what is going to drive it higher. Weve been hovering around 1500 mark. Guy in europe, we are watching the pound. Boris johnson says he will pull the Brexit Agreement if the timetable is not agreed by mps. Keep an eye on tha
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Are you know in the one scenario where theyll just peter out again and its a complete back to business as usual for ready the political elite or whether in fact this is gaining a life of its own that will come to threaten the very political system. I know more ahead of the news hour including why Donald Trumps warning if you want to move to the u. S. You better have money for health care more on the new roles for emigrants. A major thomas in australia where recent fires combined with the worst drought on record having devastating consequences for pharmacy and its not even the summer yet. And history on the track in doha are has action from the robotics championship. A Court Hearing is taking place in hong kong over the facemask ban imposed by leader kerry lam there were more protests in hong kong on saturday but there were much smaller than in recent days on kongs rail network was closed because of what authorities called malicious vandalism on friday crowds set fire to metro stations
Decoupling markets in asia and europe were slightly weaker but here in the u. S. Were in the green. Treasury yields at this hour as well, we have seen some better than expected german labor data cause some firming in the global bond markets right now the 30 year is just sitting at a 2. 15 yield the tenyear, 169 and the twoyear at 164. That story that really dragged our markets on friday. We finished off the lows on friday any way only down half of 1 on the s p 500 by the close, but clearly if that story is turning around, its unsurprising to see futures up a little bit this morning. Broader market was down 1 last year. The u. S. China trade fight continues to dominate the Global Market headlines friday, stocks dropped amid the report that u. S. Would limit eunice yoon with the latest. Hey, eunice. Hey, guys if its true that the u. S. Officials are clarifying that the Trump Administration is not going to be imposing any restrictions on u. S. Investments into u. S. Companies that would d